Acrocephalus brevipennis Keulemans, 1866
Cape Verde warbler, Cape Verde (Islands) Cane warbler, Cape Verde swamp-warbler
Taxonomy & Nomenclature
Synonym/s: Calamodyta brevipennis Keulemans, 1866
Conservation Status
Last record: October 1970
Rediscovered in 1998
IUCN RedList status: Endangered
Distribution
Cape Verde Islands
Biology & Ecology
Hypodigm
Media
References
Original scientific description:
Keulemans, J. G. (1866). Nederlandsch Tijdschrift Dierkunde (K. Zool. Genootschap Natura Artis Magistra Amsterdam. 3, p. (386?))
Other references:
Bannerman, David Armitage. (1953). The Birds of West and Equatorial Africa, 2 volumes. Edinburgh & London: Oliver and Boyd. [volume 2, p. 1042]
Batalha, Helena Reis. (2014). Conservation, ecology and genetics of the Cape Verde warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis: Report for African Bird Club on fieldwork in Cape Verde, November 2013 to January 2014. Unpublished report, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK.
BirdLife International. (2012). Acrocephalus brevipennis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2012.2. (http://www.iucnredlist.org). Downloaded on 17 March 2013.
BirdLife International. (2013). Species factsheet: Acrocephalus brevipennis. Downloaded from http://www.birdlife.org on 17/03/2013.
Donald PF, Taylor R, de Ponte Machado M, et al. (2004) Status of the Cape Verde cane warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis on São Nicolau, with notes on song, breeding behaviour and threats. Malimbus 26: 34-37.
Hazevoet, C. J. (1993). On the history and type specimens of the Cape Verde Cane Warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis (Keulemans, 1866) (Aves, Sylviidae). Bijdragen tot de Dierkunde 62: 249-253.
Hazevoet, C. J. (1995). The birds of the Cape Verde Islands. British Ornithologists' Union, Tring, U.K.
Hazevoet, C. J. (1999). Notes on birds from the Cape Verde Islands in the collection of the Centro de Zoologia, Lisbon with comments on taxonomy and distribution. Bulletin of the British Ornithologists' Club 119: 25-31.
Hazevoet, C. J., Monteiro, L. R. and Ratcliffe, N. (1999). Rediscovery of the Cape Verde Cane Warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis on Sao Nicolau in February 1998. Bull. Brit. Ornithol. Club 119: 68-71.
Hering, J.; Hering, H. (2005). Discovery of Cape Verde Warbler Acrocephalus brevipennis on Fogo, Cape Verde Islands. Bulletin of the African Bird Club 12(2): 147-149.
Hering, J.; Fuchs, E. (2009). The Cape Verde Warbler: distribution, density, habitat and breeding biology on the island of Fogo. British Birds 8: 17-24.